Dear [Freshman's First Name]:

The CIRP Freshman Survey is conducted at several private schools
through out the country.  The Survey asks [name of school] students
several questions about high school activities, goals for college, and
plans after your graduate.  The administration pays close attention to
this information, and we value your input.

This year, the online version of the survey of this survey will be
conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and coordinated
by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of
California at Los Angeles.  [Name of school] has provided your email
address and other information to these institutions for purposes of
conducting the survey.  You will have the opportunity at the beginning
of the survey to decide how much information about yourself your would
like to share with the researchers that administers the survey and
your [name of institution].  Your responses will be completely
confidential and no personally identifiable information will be
attributed to you without your explicit permission.  

To access the survey, please click on the following link:

[URL]

This is a unique link assigned to you.  For this reason, it is
important that you do not share it or forward this e-mail. The survey
consists of seven linked sections; please complete all sections so
that we have a record of your full set of responses. This survey takes
approximately 20-25 minutes to complete.  We encourage you to fill out
the survey as soon as possible, but allow enough time to complete it
in one sitting.  If you encounter any problems while taking the
survey, please contact [name of technical liaison] at [Email Address
of technical liaison].

[Add any information about prizes or tokens of appreciation here].

Thank you for providing this feedback to [name of school]! We greatly
appreciate your help.

Sincerely,